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Patient data stolen in Japan
23 Jan 2009
Clinical Data Management
Ten patients' personal information has been lost after a sales vehicle containing a set of documents was stolen from a car park.
Details of the physicians looking after the patients are also missing, along with the name, date of birth, age, gender, blood test data and questionnaire sheets detailing reactions to medications of the people concerned.
Chugai says the vehicle was parked close to one of its medical representative's homes in Hyogo Prefecture in Japan when it was stolen on December 29th.
It was seven days later that the worker realised documents had been lost as a result of the theft and the pharmaceuticals firm has expressed its "sincere apologies for causing tremendous inconveniences to relevant personnel because of the carelessness on the part of a Chugai employee".
The company said it is taking the incident very seriously and will work to improve security measures to protect personal information.
Meanwhile, Chugai reported this week that the European Union has granted approval for RoActemra, a drug used for treating rheumatoid arthritis which the firm developed along with Roche.
